Copy of a Private Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Copy of a Private Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
- Date:
- 1828/1828
- Description:
- Abstract: Copy of a private letter from Dr John McNeill, in Teheran [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 9 January 1828. The letter details the arrival of Hassan Allee Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fars] at Teheran and reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has put him in charge of his armed forces and his treasury, and is publicly discussing nominating him as Governor of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] and heir to the throne of Persia, in the place of the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia]. McNeill goes on to discuss his efforts to ensure the payment of the reparations demanded by Russia to secure a peace treaty in the ongoing war [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], including his attempts to borrow the money necessary, indicating his frustration at the ‘endless discussions’ and ‘continual delays’ of the Shah’s government in effecting the payment.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in dispatch No. 81, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 21 January 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/154).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Reparations
Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Prince-Governor of Fārs, Qajar dynasty - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000424_ar
81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000424_en
IOR/L/PS/9/71/174
IOR/L/PS/9/71/174